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In Darfur : an account of the sultanate and its people = Tashḥīdh al-adhhān bi-sīrat bilād al-ʻArab wa-al-Sūdān /
In Darfur : an account of the sultanate and its people = تشحيذ الأذهان بسيرة بلاد العرب والسودان /
In Volume One, al-Tunisi relates the history of his much-traveled family, his journey from Egypt to Darfur, and the reign of the noted sultan 'Abd al-Rahman al-Rashid. In Volume Two al-Tunisi describes the geography of the region, the customs of Darfur's petty kings, court life and the clo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Volume One, al-Tunisi relates the history of his much-traveled family, his journey from Egypt to Darfur, and the reign of the noted sultan 'Abd al-Rahman al-Rashid. In Volume Two al-Tunisi describes the geography of the region, the customs of Darfur's petty kings, court life and the clothing of its rulers, marriage customs, eunuchs, illnesses, food, hunting, animals, currencies, plants, magic, divination, and dances. In Darfur combines literature, history, ethnography, linguistics, and travel adventure, and most unusually for its time, includes fifty-two illustrations, all drawn by the author. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (2 volumes) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781479811038 1479811033 9781479846634 1479846635 |